Shechem

Shechem

There is the city of Shechem (שְׁכֶ֗ם šə-ḵem) in the land of Canaan where Jacob builds an altar before the city on land he buys.

Sekem spelled ShinKafMem is a letter group found in many other words and like many Hebrew words may have more than one meaning in the original message of Moses:

• 07925. shakam שְׁכֶ֗ם Rise up early, consenting to Take on a task.
• 07926. shekem שְׁכֶ֗ם Back shoulder, give consent.
• 07927. Shechem שְׁכֶ֗ם Son of Hamor. a place Sichem or city Shechem.
• 07928. Shekem שְׁכֶ֗ם Name shechem and synonym for consent.
• 07929. shikmah שִׁכְמָה shoulder blade that takes a burden.

How can the same letters in Hebrew have so many different meanings.

What does rise up early have to do with a shoulder, a city have to do with consent and a burden?

The appearance of שִׁכְמָה (shikmah) may give us some insight into the nature that seeks the way of God within the text of Job:

"[Then] let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade <מִשִּׁכְמָ֣ה 07929>, and mine arm be broken from the bone." Job 31:22

"Surely I would take it upon my shoulder<07929 שִׁ֭כְמִי>, and bind it as a crown to me." Job 31:36

This is said to "invokes a self-imprecatory (or imposed) curse".

When someone says or write the phrase "shoulder to the grindstone" it is clearly a malaphor (a sort of mixed idiom) that may combine the phrase "nose to the grindstone" and "put your shoulder to the wheel." It may be a mix of two distinct proverbs but the meaning as a metaphor is clear though the effort may include neither the "shoulder" nor a "grindstone".

The Shoulder

The “shoulder" and "blade,” suggest a reference to both physical strength and vulnerability. The Bible is about the law and truth which is spirit. Dry bones are a curse and need the return of the flesh but like the bondage of Egypt it may bring preparation and understanding.

The oath of Job is the submission to the wisdom of the consequences or wrath of God to those who go against the nature of God's love.

His full narrative of deeds and consequences "mirrors ancient Near-Eastern judicial formulas" in acceptance of the natural consequences of his absent virtue as a Spiritual Truth He knows all life and strength is Granted by God:

"Shoulders symbolize might (Psalms 18:34), bearing burdens (Numbers 4:15) and governmental authority (“the government will be on His shoulders,” Isaiah 9:6).

Shikmah reminds of our original "Stewardship and Accountability" to divine scrutiny and trust where any "breach invites proportionate loss (Galatians 6:7)."

We are often required bear burdens—Exodus 12:34; Psalms 81:6. The Bible may give us remembrances Exodus 28:12: that symbolize a righteous Governance (Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 22:22 and consequences for submission or rebellion.

Right Shoulder

By giving the right shoulder, the worshiper symbolically surrendered their power and ability to serve to God to the priest who oversees the welfare of Israel.

The Breast offering (waved) symbolizes affection, love, and the heart. The Right Shoulder (heaved) symbolizes strength, action, and service..

Exodus 29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a ram of consecration:

Leviticus 7:32 And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest [for] an heave offering of the sacrifices of your Peace offerings.

Leviticus 7:33 He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for [his] part.

Leviticus 8:25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that [was] upon the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder26 And out of the basket of Unleavened bread, that [was] before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put [them] on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

Leviticus 9:21 And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved [for] a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded.

Numbers 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine.

Appearance of 07925 shakam שְׁכֶ֗ם

Genesis 19:2 And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant s house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early(וְהִשְׁכַּמְתֶּ֖ם) <07925>, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 19:27 And Abraham gat up early(וַיַּשְׁכֵּ֥ם) <07925> in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD:

Genesis 20:8 Therefore Abimelech rose early <07925> in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early <07925> in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 22:3 And Abraham rose up early <07925> in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 26:31 And they rose up betimes <07925> in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

Genesis 28:18 And Jacob rose up early <07925> in the morning, and took the stone that he had put [for] his pillows, and set it up [for] a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.

Genesis 31:55 And early <07925> in the morning Laban rose up <07925>, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.

Exodus 8:20 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early <07925> in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 9:13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early <07925> in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 24:4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early <07925> in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 32:6 And they rose up early <07925> on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

Exodus 34:4 And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early <07925> in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone.

Numbers 14:40 And they rose up early <07925> in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we [be here], and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned.

Joshua 3:1 And Joshua rose early <07925> in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.

Joshua 6:12 And Joshua rose early <07925> in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.

Joshua 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early <07925> about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

Joshua 7:16 So Joshua rose up early <07925> in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:

Joshua 8:10 And Joshua rose up early <07925> in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.

Joshua 8:14 And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw [it], that they hasted and rose up early <07925>, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that [there were] liers in ambush against him behind the city.

Judges 6:28 And when the men of the city arose early <07925> in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that [was] by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar [that was] built.

Judges 6:38 And it was so: for he rose up early <07925> on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water.

Judges 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who [is] Gideon, and all the people that [were] with him, rose up early <07925>, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley.

Judges 9:33 And it shall be, [that] in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early <07925>, and set upon the city: and, behold, [when] he and the people that [is] with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion.

Judges 19:5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early <07925> in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel s father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. Judges 19:8 And he arose early <07925> in the morning on the fifth day to depart: and the damsel s father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them.

Judges 19:9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early <07925> on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Judges 21:4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early <07925>, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

1 Samuel 1:19 And they rose up <07925> in the morning early <07925>, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

1 Samuel 5:3 And when they of Ashdod arose early <07925> on the morrow, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.1 Samuel 5:4 And when they arose early <07925> on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon [was] fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands [were] cut off upon the threshold; only [the stump of] Dagon was left to him.

1 Samuel 9:26 And they arose early <07925>: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad.

1 Samuel 15:12 And when Samuel rose early <07925> to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

1 Samuel 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning <07925> and evening, and presented himself forty days.

1 Samuel 17:20 And David rose up early <07925> in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.

1 Samuel 29:10 Wherefore now rise up early <07925> in the morning with thy master s servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early <07925> in the morning, and have light, depart.

1 Samuel 29:11 So David and his men rose up early <07925> to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

2 Samuel 15:2 And Absalom rose up early <07925>, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was [so], that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city [art] thou? And he said, Thy servant [is] of one of the tribes of Israel.

2 Kings 3:22 And they rose up early <07925> in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side [as] red as blood:

2 Kings 6:15 And when the servant of the man of God was risen early <07925>, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

2 Kings 19:35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early <07925> in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.

2 Chronicles 20:20 And they rose early <07925> in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

2 Chronicles 29:20 Then Hezekiah the king rose early <07925>, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes <07925>, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of [their] feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early <07925> in the morning, and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Psalms 127:2 [It is] vain for you to rise up early <07925>, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: [for] so he giveth his beloved sleep.

Proverbs 27:14 He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early <07925> in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him.

Song of Solomon 7:12 Let us get up early <07925> to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, [whether] the tender grape appear, [and] the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.

Isaiah 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early <07925> in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, [till] wine inflame them!

Isaiah 37:36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early <07925> in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.

Jeremiah 7:13 And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early <07925> and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;

Jeremiah 7:25 Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early <07925> and sending [them]:

Jeremiah 11:7 For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day [that] I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, [even] unto this day, rising early <07925> and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

Jeremiah 25:3 From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that [is] the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early <07925> and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. Jeremiah 25:4 And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early <07925> and sending [them]; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear.

Jeremiah 26:5 To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early <07925>, and sending [them], but ye have not hearkened;

Jeremiah 29:19 Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early <07925> and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 32:33 And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early <07925> and teaching [them], yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction.

Jeremiah 35:14 The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father s commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early <07925> and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. 15 I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early <07925> and sending [them], saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 44:4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early <07925> and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

Hosea 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early <07925> dew it goeth away.

Hosea 13:3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early <07925> dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Zephaniah 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early <07925>, [and] corrupted all their doings.

Appearance of 07926 shekem שְׁכֶ֗ם

Genesis 9:23 And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid [it] upon both their shoulders <07926>, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces [were] backward, and they saw not their father s nakedness.

Genesis 21:14 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave [it] unto Hagar, putting [it] on her shoulder <07926>, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

Genesis 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham s brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder <07926>.

Genesis 24:45 And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder <07926>; and she went down unto the well, and drew [water]: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 48:22 Moreover I have given to thee one portion <07926> above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.

Genesis 49:15 And he saw that rest [was] good, and the land that [it was] pleasant; and bowed his shoulder <07926> to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Exodus 12:34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders <07926>.

Joshua 4:5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder <07926>, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:

Judges 9:48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that [were] with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid [it] on his shoulder <07926>, and said unto the people that [were] with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, [and] do as I [have done].

1 Samuel 9:2 And he had a son, whose name [was] Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and [there was] not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders <07926> and upward [he was] higher than any of the people.

1 Samuel 10:9 And it was [so], that when he had turned his back <07926> to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

1 Samuel 10:23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders <07926> and upward.

Job 31:36 Surely I would take it upon my shoulder <07926>, [and] bind it [as] a crown to me.

Psalms 21:12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back <07926>, [when] thou shalt make ready [thine arrows] upon thy strings against the face of them.

Psalms 81:6 I removed his shoulder <07926> from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

Isaiah 9:4 For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder <07926>, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder <07926>: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 10:27 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder <07926>, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.

Isaiah 14:25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders <07926>.

Isaiah 22:22 And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder <07926>; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.

Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent <07926>: for they commit lewdness.

Zephaniah 3:9 For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent <07926>.

Appearance of 07927 Shechem שְׁכֶ֗ם

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Appearance of 07928 Shechem שְׁכֶ֗ם

Numbers 26:31 And [of] Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and [of] Shechem <07928>, the family of the Shechemites:

Joshua 17:2 There was also [a lot] for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem <07928>, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these [were] the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families.

1 Chronicles 7:19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem <07928>, and Likhi, and Aniam.